Around the World with Orson Welles 1955
★ 7.1/10 Documentary 1 seasons · 7 eps Ended
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A six-part British television travel series written, directed, and presented by Orson Welles for ITV in 1955. Filmed entirely in Europe, the series follows Welles through Vienna, the Basque Country, Madrid, Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and London’s Chelsea Pensioners, blending travelogue, cultural portraiture, and personal essay. Moving between documentary observation and reflective commentary, the episodes combine interviews, local history, and Welles’s distinctive narration into a series that functions as both travel film and cinematic essay.
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Cast
Orson Welles
Host: Orson Welles
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Chris Wertenbaker
Self — Guitarist ☻
Art Buchwald
Self — Newspaper Columnist ☻
Lael Wertenbaker
Self — Author ☻
Raymond Duncan
Self — Artist
Jean-Paul Sartre
Self — Author
Simone de Beauvoir
Self — Author ☻
Beñat Toyos
Self ☻
Le père Ibarburu
Self ☻
Ferdinand Lop
Self — Politician
Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
Eddie Constantine
Man in Nightclub (archive footage) Episode guide
Season 1 · 7 episodes
- E1 Pays Basque I: The Basque Countries Oct 7, 1955
- E2 Pays Basque II: La Pelote Basque Oct 21, 1955
- E3 Revisiting Vienna Nov 4, 1955
- E4 Saint-Germain-des-Pres Nov 18, 1955
- E5 London: The Queen's Pensioners Dec 2, 1955
- E6 Spain: The Bullfight Dec 16, 1955
- E7 France: The Tragedy of Lurs Apr 12, 2003